Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
Today Intercell AG (VSE: ICLL) announced the start of a further trial in the field of pandemic Influenza, investigating Intercell's adjuvant patch (Vaccine Enhancement Patch - VEP) containing LT (a heat-labile toxin from E. coli) in combination with GSK's H5N1 pandemic antigen. This trial follows prior work with a non-GSK ...
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Saturday, April 30th, 2011
A new initiative has been released by the HHS (Department of Health and Human Services) which rewards hospitals for quality of care given to Medicare beneficiaries, a move which should bring down health care costs, the HHS and CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) announced yesterday. Through the Hospital ...
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Saturday, April 9th, 2011
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), USA, announced two strategic plans dedicated to tackling health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities throughout the country. One is called HHS Action Plan to Reduce Health Disparities and the other one National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity. The HHS says ...
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Monday, January 31st, 2011
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services has released the revised Dietary Guidelines for Americans today. First published in 1980, the Dietary Guidelines are mandated by Congress to be reviewed, updated and released by USDA and HHS every five years. The Dietary Guidelines contain ...
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Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
(HHS) Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new analysis showing that, without the Affordable Care Act, up to 129 million non-elderly Americans who have some type of pre-existing health condition, like heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis or cancer, would be at risk of losing health ...
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